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名詞

octopine (plural octopines)

1. (biochemistry) An analog of lactic acid, derived from the amino acids arginine and alanine, first isolated from the muscle tissue of octopus species.

同意語

• D-octopine

派生語

参考

• octopamine (confused with)

語源 2

From octop(us) +‎ -ine.

形容詞

octopine (comparative more octopine, superlative most octopine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopuses; octopuslike.
   • 1914, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, The Flying Inn, page 266:

     ...but the Captain preferred to swing himself onto one of the octopine branches with a whirl of large wild legs worthy of a chimpanzee.

同意語

• see list in octopuslike

アナグラム

• ectopion